Tom Gormally Sculpture Resume
EDUCATION
MFA Wichita State University - December 1979, Wichita, Kansas
BFA Minneapolis College of Art and Design - 1973-1977, Minneapolis, Minnesota
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California, 1975-1976
Sculpture Major University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota: Fine Arts Major, 1967-1968
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2022–2023 Civita Institute Drexler Family Diversity Fellowship
2021 Public Art Incubator Artist in Residence, University of Northern Iowa Sculpture Department, Cedar Falls, IA
2021 Visiting Artist/Lecturer, UNI Gallery of Art, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
2019 Allied Arts Foundation Artist Award (grant)
2019 Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
2019 Artist Lecture, Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, IA
2015 Artist Trust Fellowship, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
1999 International Residencies for Artists, New York, New York, travel grant
1985 NEA/MAAA Fellowship in Sculpture
1985 Lanexa National Sculpture Exhibition, Lenexa Kansas, Honorable Mention
1984 Kansas Four: Mulvane Art Center, Best of Show, Curated by William Struve
SELECTED ONE-PERSON and TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023. Climate of Change, Shunpike Storefronts Program; a temporary public art partnership with Amazon, Seattle, WA
2022 Into the Breach (solo exhibition), San Juan Island Museum of Art, San Juan Island, WA
2021 Present / Tense, University of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art, Cedar Falls, Iowa
2020 Celebration of Community, Sage Bionetworks, Seattle, WA
2019 Present / Tense, Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, Iowa
2019 Fox in the Henhouse, Fogue Gallery, Seattle, WA
2017 Present/Tense, (two-person exhibit) Spaceworks Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2016 ? OR BUST, METHOD Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008 Bent, Turned & Fabricated, BCC Gallery Space, Bellevue, WA
2004 Standard Deviations, Solomon Fine Art Inc, Seattle, WA
2003 Portals, Solomon Fine Art Inc., Seattle, WA
1999 Cells and Structures, Cornish School of the Arts, Seattle, WA
1999 Cell Studies, Two Bells, Seattle, WA
1996 Myths & Monuments, Lead Gallery, Seattle, WA
1992 Tom Gormally, Marcia McCoy Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1985 Tom Gormally: Sculptures, Paintings and Drawings, Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Museum Seven Year Overview, Sponsored by the Blanden Charitable Foundation, the NEA, and the Iowa Arts Council
1984 Tom Gormally, Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
1979 Monuments, Clayton Staples Gallery, Wichita, Kansas
1979 Tom Gormally, Reuben Saunders Gallery, Wichita, Kansas
SELECTED INVITATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Like Mother, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
2022 Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
2021 Fall Color Field, Reuben Saunders Gallery, Wichita, KS
Beloveds: Artist Couples, The Lakeshore, Seattle, WA
2019 Motherland: 2019 Center on Contemporary Art Members’ Show, Seattle, WA
2018 Pulchra Scientia: The Aesthetics of Discovery, Perlman Museum, Carleton College, Northfield, MN. Curator Jeff Rathermel
Creativity Persists, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA. Curator: Jody Bento, Director, SAM Gallery at Seattle Art Museum
2017 10x10x10xTieton 8th Annual International Small Work Exhibition, Tieton, WA
Make America Create Again, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
New Directions ’16, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY. Curator Heather Pesanti, Senior Curator at The Contemporary Austin
Bellwether 2016: Confluence, National Sculpture Exhibition, Bellevue, WA
35 Live: CoCA Members Show, CoCA at Rubix, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
2015 FEAT 2015: Fellowship Exhibit Artist Trust, Galvanize, Seattle, WA
2014 Bellwether 2014: ReConnect, National Sculpture Exhibition, Bellevue, WA
2012 Bellwether 2012: reGeneration, National Sculpture Exhibition, Bellevue, WA
2008 Equestrian Art, The Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, IA
2006 I Love the ‘Burbs', The Katonah Museum of Art, NY, catalogue
2005 Crime Scene, Soil Gallery, Seattle
What Did Puck Say?, Heidi Cho Gallery, NYC, NY
TORA, Fourth Annual, Skagit Valley, WA
2004 Domicile, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
Two Person Show, Solomon Fine Art, Seattle, WA
Just a Taste, Monarch Contemporary Art Center, Tenino, WA
2003 Summer Stock, Dennis Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Two Person Show, Solomon Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2002 Tranquillity, Solomon Fine Art Inc., Seattle, WA
Now Opening, Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2001 Wood, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
1999 Horsehead International Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Belfast, Ireland
Horsehead International Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Seattle, WA
1998 Horsehead International Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Seattle, WA
New Works, Noodle Works, Seattle, WA
1997 Horsehead International Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Seattle, WA
CARBO Invitational, Seattle, WA
Wood, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
1996 Angels and Small Works, Lead Gallery, Seattle, WA
1995 Horsehead International Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Seattle, WA
1994 New Acquisitions, SAFECO Insurance Company Collection, Seattle, WA
1991 Marcia McCoy Gallery of Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1987 A Kansas Collection, 2 year tour, to the following museums:National Museum for Women in the Arts, Washington, DC Kansas City Arts Coalition, Kansas City, KS; Sioux City Arts Center, Sioux City, IA; Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; Visual Arts Center Gallery, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS; Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri
Selections from the Collection of the New York Chemical Bank, New York Chemical Bank, New York, NY
1986 The Homecoming Exhibit: - 29 Iowa Born Artists, 2 year tour: University of Northern Iowa, Gallery of Art, Cedar Falls, IA; Sioux City Center, Sioux City, IA; Des Moines ArtCenter, Des Moines, IA; Mason City Art Center, Mason City, IA; Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, IA; Muscatine Art Center, Muscatine, IA
Four NEA/MAAA Sculpture Award Winners, University of Nebraska Gallery of Art, Lincoln, Nebraska, visiting artist
A Kansas Bestiary, Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS
Four NEA/MAA Sculpture Award Winners, Norman Eppick Art Center, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas
Directions: Personal Iconography, Spiva Art Center, Joplin, Missouri
Kansas Six, Mulvane Art Center, Topeka, Kansas
Chicago International Art Exposition, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
1985 Chicago International Art Exposition, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
Lanexa National Sculpture Exhibition, Lanexa, Kansas, Honorable Mention
1984 Kansas Four, Mulvane Art Center, Topeka, Kansas; Best of Show
1983 Thanking the Muse, University of Wisconsin Gallery of Art, Eau Claire, WI
Art Circus: New Talent, Barry Richards Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1982 Eleven Artists: New Directions, Minneapolis College of Art and Design Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Mid-Four, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, Curator: Diane Waldmen, Deputy Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim, Museum of Art, New York, New York
1979 New Talent, Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
1978 20TH Annual Eight State Sculpture and Painting Invitational, Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
PUBLIC ART AND COMMISSIONS
2023 Bettie and the Howling Fox, commissioned permanent outdoor sculpture, Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, IA
2006 Eve, Private sculpture commission, Issaquah, WA
1999 Watching the River Flow, Laganside Corporation, Belfast, Northern Ireland
ArtsWA Public Artist Rooster, Washington State Arts Commission, Olympia, WA
Seattle Office of Arts and Culture Public Artist Roster, Seattle, WA
SELECTED ARCHIVES, ARTICLES, AND REVIEWS
Elizabeth Bryant, Gail Grinnell, Helen O’Toole, Tom Gormally: San Juan Island Museum of Art, Art Access, May-June 2022
“Tom Gormally’s “INTO THE BREACH” comes to SJIMA,” The Journal of the San Juan Islands, April 17, 2022
Press Release, SJIMA exhibition INTO THE BREACH runs until May 30, The Orcasonian, April 6, 2022
San Juan Islands Visitor Bureau, Into the Breach: Sculpture, Drawings and Prints by Tom Gormally, April 2022
SJIMA Press Release, ‘Fresh and vibrant – Spring at SJIMA,” The Journal of the San Juan Islands, March 18, 2022
UNI Press Release, UNI Gallery of Art to present “Present / Tense: Sculpture, Paintings and Drawings by Tom & Malayka Gormally’, Inside UNI, August 23, 2021
Xavier Lopez Jr., “Interview With PNW Sculptor Tom Gormally! On Foxes, Crutches and the Apocalypse!,” Seattle PI, 4/28/20
Robert C. Morgan, “The Visionary Art of Tom and Malayka Gormally,” catalog essay for Present / Tense, a two-person exhibition, Blanden Memorial Art Museum, 2019
Kelby Wingert, “Present/Tense”, The Messenger, Fort Dodge, IA, 2019
Pat Pauley, “Interview on ArtBeat Northwest with Sculptor Tom Gormally,” ArtBeat Northwest, April 30th, 2019
Lisa Edge, “Tom Gormally’s Crafty Statement: The Fox is in the Henhouse, RealChange News, Seattle, WA 2/20/19
Megan Gallagher, “Present/Tense by Malayka and Tom Gormally”, Artist Trust News / Blog, December 18, 2017
The Stranger Things To Do Staff, “The Best Things to Do in Seattle This Winter”, SLOG (The Stranger Blog), December 6, 2017
Emily Pothast, Julia Raban and Joule Zelman, “The Best Art Shows in Seattle: Winter 2017/2018; Picks from Seattle Art and Performance for December 6, 2017-March 2018,
Seattle Art and Performance Quarterly magazine, December 6, 2017
Emily Pothast, “Malayka and Tom Gormally: Present / Tense”, The Stranger - Things To Do, December 1, 2017
Lisa Edge, “Past and Present Tension”, cover article, Real Change, Nov 22-28, 2017
“New Gallery Openings in Town, Tacoma Weekly, November 22, 2017
Alec Clayton, “‘Present/Tense’, Sculpture, drawings and paintings by Malayka and Tom Gormally”, NorthwestMilitary.com / Weekly Volcano November 22, 2017
Gabriel Brown, “Present / Tense: Current Paintings and Drawings by Malayka Gormally & Tom Gormally, Spaceworks Tacoma blog, November 7, 2017
Josie Kefenheim, “Gormally Investigates Politics in Present/Tense”, Minneapolis College of Art and Design News, November 27, 2017
T.S. Flock, “Pioneer Square Gallery Guide,” vanguard.com, March 2, 2016
Kelton Sears and T.S. Flock, “Seattle Weekly’s March First Thursday Picks,” Seattle Weekly, March 1, 2016
'Bellwether 2014: Connect', Arts Section, Seattle Times, June 30, 2014
‘Crime Scene at Soil Art Gallery,’ The Vroom Journal, Seattle, WA, November 2006
Georges Pompidou Centre, Paris, France - 'HorseHead Art Project at Sand Point' Library of Congress, Washington, DC -‘Blandon Memorial Art Museum Catalogue' 'Hot Ticket', The Seattle Times, (Friday, March 7, 2003): p. 48H
‘”Domicile”: Home is where the art is,’ Sheila Farr, Seattle Times, July 2, 2004, pg 43
‘Hot Ticket,’ The Seattle Times (Friday, March 7, 2003): p.48H
Allyn Cantor: ‘Tom Gormally: Portals,’ Preview, The Gallery Guide, Feb -March 2003, cover page
'Hot Ticket', The Seattle Times (Friday, December 13, 2002): p48H
Bud Norman: 'Artists Return Home for WSU Alumni Show',The Wichita Eagle,
December 7, 2002, Sheila Farr: ‘Northwest Wood,’ The Seattle Post Intelligencer, April 13, 2001
‘Northwest Wood,’ Art Access, Seattle, WA, April 2001 issue
BBC Television, interview, midday and evening report, August 13, 1999
Neil Johnston: ‘Belfast to blossom with outdoor art’, Belfast Telegraph, Ireland, August 13, 1999
Matthew Kangas: Sculpture Magazine - HorseHead Exhibition – Review, Fall '98
Douglas McLennan: 'HorseHead Artists Exhibit Quite a Ride', Seattle PI, August 10, 1998
Matthew Kangas: 'Naval Gazing', HorseHead Sculpture Project, Seattle Times, August 20, 1998
Gwen Wilson: 'Horsehead '98 at SandPoint', Art Access, September 1998
Russ Zabel: 'Horsehead Goes Urban at SandPoint', Queen Anne News, August 5,
1999 Matthew Kangas: Sculpture Magazine - HorseHead Exhibition - November 1997
Matthew Kangas: 'Wood', Seattle Times, June 19 1997
Sheila Farr: 'Wood', Seattle Weekly, June 18 1997
Sheila Farr: 'Wonderland', Gormally, Seattle Weekly, November 12 1996
Jane Eby: 'A Kansas Bestiary', The New Art Examiner, Chicago, April 1987
Jane Eby: 'Wichitia Artists Share Optimisim and Independence Fighting the Good Fight in Kansas', The New Art Examiner, Chicago, February
1986 Richard Leslie: 'Dream State', The New Art Examiner, Chicago, June 1985
Elliot Nusbaum: 'Gormally on Man, Nature', The Des Moines Register, December 23, 1984
Donald Hoffman: 'Paintings of Vigor and Energy', The Kansas City Star Journal, June 17, 1984
Nancy Nowick: 'Wichitan Wins Kansas Four', Topeka Capital Journal, February 8, 1984
Fran Addington: 'Looking at Art', The Minneapolis Star', June 19, 1983
Robert C Morgan: 'New Art for the Decade Ahead', The Wichitan, Wichita, KS, January 1980
Dorothy Belden: 'Balanced Art Mirrors Life's Ups and Downs: Gormally Riding the See Saw of Life', The Wichita Eagle Beacon', June 6, 1979
CATALOGS AND BOOKS
Present / Tense, exhibition catalog, Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, IA, 2019
Essay by Robert C. Morgan, Ph.D.
Motherland, exhibition catalog, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA, 2019
Creativity Persists, exhibition catalog, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA, 2018
Make America Create Again, exhibit catalog, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA, 2017
35 Live, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA, 2016
Studio Visit, Volume 10, 2010, The Open Studios Press
100 Artists of the West Coast II, by Tina Skinner, Schiffer Publishing, 2009
Studio Visit, Volume 8, 2009, The Open Studios Press
Born in Iowa, The Homecoming Exhibit,’ The Iowa Arts Council 1987 - Catalogue; Essay - 'Towards an Expanded Regionalism' - Eleanor Heartney; Essay – 'Of Recognition and Reknowing' – Daniel Stetson
Four MAAA Sculpture Winners, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 1986; Essay - Douglas Ross
A Kansas Collection- essays by Patrick Rowley, 1987
Thomas Patrick Gormally: A Selection of Sculpture, Paintings and Drawings,’ published by Blanden Memorial Art Museum; Essay, Robert C Morgan: ‘Tom Gormally, Architectonics and Archetypes'
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
UNI Permanent Art Collection, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
Seattle City Light Civic Art Collection
City of Seattle Portable Works Collection, Seattle, WA
SAFECO Insurance Company, Seattle, WA
Chemical Bank of New York, New York, NY
Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, Iowa